Ades V. Brush

On the dark, rainy afternoon of January 6, 1941, at about 5:30 p.m., on the 19th Avenue Park Presidio By-Pass near Fulton Street in San Francisco, an automobile driven by Mildred C. George, and in which plaintiff Mrs. Saul Ades was riding as a guest, collided with an automobile owned by defendant Loop Lumber Company and being then driven with the consent of the company by defendant Edmund S. Brush, who was, on that date, an officer of the corporate defendant and working for it. As a result of the collision, Mrs. Ades received personal injuries for which she brought this action against both defendants. The case was tried before a jury. The jury awarded plaintiff $7,500. On motion for a